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  • GNU Screen: sessions that survive an SSH drop

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    A long apt upgrade, a migration, a build — then the laptop sleeps. SSH dies, the process gets SIGHUP and dies with it. GNU Screen keeps the terminal on the server: disconnect, come back, the work is still there. It is not a nohup replacement and not …

    A long apt upgrade, a migration, a build — then the laptop sleeps. SSH dies, the process gets SIGHUP and dies with it. GNU Screen keeps the terminal on the server: disconnect, come back, the work is still there. It is not a nohup replacement and not …